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Peraton is seeking a motivated Junior Technical Editor to join our team at our Landover, MD office. Our program provides full life cycle support for a large Information Technology (IT) system for the Department of Defense (DoD). This program delivers full life-cycle engineering support for all system elements including Development (hardware, software, and networks), Systems and Security Engineering (Integration, testing and Deployment), Sustainment (Logistics, and field support), Network Operations Center (NOC)/Help Desk, and Government user training support for user community.

Technical editing is a collaborative process of generating content with authors to check the correctness of specialized terminology, equations, and combinability of textual and visual elements. In this role you will be reviewing, editing, improving written technical documents or technical materials prior to publication. 

The Technical Editor will be responsible for but not limited to:

  • Edit documents to ensure compliance with style, design, layout, specification, and grammar and spelling requirements.
  • Edit, format, and maintain documents including, but not limited to program plans, system test reports, procedures, design documentation, requirements, user manuals, training materials, presentations, meeting minutes, and reports.
  • Collaborate with authors, assigned stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to gain better understanding of subject matter.
  • Conduct quality review of materials and provide peer review of program documents.
  • Manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • This role is required to provide support, on-site, Mon-Fri**
  • This program does allow for a flexible work schedule and is walking distance from a Metro station**

Required Qualifications:

  • An active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a SCI.
  • Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications or related+ discipline and two (2) years of relevant experience, or Masters degree and no years of experience, or High-school Diploma/GED and eight (8+) years of relevant experience
  • Must have at-least two (2) years’ experience in MS Office Suite with proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Skills must include ability to create and modify styles, forms, and templates.
  • Must possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills, be proactive, possess excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, and be self-motivated.

Desired Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in English, Journalism, Communications or related+ discipline and four (4) years of relevant experience, or Masters Degree and two (2) years of experience, or High-school Diploma/GED and 10 years of relevant experience
  • Experience drafting technical documents and SOPS.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Office Products.
  • Experience working with Jira and Confluence.
  • Experience with a version control system.
  • Experience with LibreOffice.

Salary Range Estimates:

The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees.

Benefits:

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way. 

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

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